Acer palmatum 'Okushimo' Green Japanese Maple Compact 10 Year Size: Height: 10-12

10 Year Size: Height:  10-12 Feet    Width:  8-10 Feet

There are many times during the year that the foliage is a more standard blueish green

‘Yezo nishiki’ is a slow growing

Each needle has 2 yellow bands and when viewed from above you see alternating bands of yellow and green "like the eye of a dragon"

Acer palmatum 'Okushimo' Green Japanese Maple Compact 10 Year Size: Height: 10-12Acer palmatum 'Okushimo' was listed as early as 1710 in Japan. This old cultivar with a name that means pepper and salt, definitely has a place in the modern landscape. Leaves emerge chartreuse in spring with bright red petioles, before turning darker green and displaying cool little dimples all over the leaves. Its these dimples that reminded the Japanese of salt and pepper. Summer turns the leaves much darker and they begin to curl inward at the